In American health care, the first opinion that matters often isn’t the doctors, it’s the insurers. That may be changing. At a press conference in Washington on Monday, Health and Human Services ...

I’ve been following RFK Jr.’s antics since the 1990s, when he latched on to a theory published in a British medical journal asserting that childhood vaccines caused autism.

Together, they could present a potent force in the narrow but crucial area of health care reform. After the assassination of his brother, Robert Kennedy Sr pursued the War on Poverty.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. must reform the CDC to prepare it to respond ... the CDC was busy scolding health-care workers about gender-specific terms like “mother” and “father ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has long been a vocal critic of pharmaceutical companies and public health institutions. Now, as the new Secretary of Health and Human Services, he is in a position to reshape ...

See All . Many of RFK Jr.’s ideas actually fall under the purview of other agencies. Any long-term reform to limit fluoride in drinking water is up to the Environmental Protection Agency.

How can RFK Jr. reform food? Here's the power he'd have if confirmed as HHS secretary The HHS Secretary nominee has said he'd like to end subsidies for junk food and sugary drinks via federal ...

The HHS Secretary nominee has said he'd like to end subsidies for junk food and sugary drinks via federal programs such as SNAP, which, at $100 billion a year, is the U.S.'s top anti-hunger program.

The HHS Secretary nominee has said he'd like to end subsidies for junk food and sugary drinks via federal programs such as SNAP, which, at $100 billion a year, is the U.S.'s top anti-hunger program.

The HHS Secretary nominee has said he'd like to end subsidies for junk food and sugary drinks via federal programs such as SNAP, which, at $100 billion a year, is the U.S.'s top anti-hunger program.